Stop complaining about Steemit
Why do people complain?
Of course, not to torture others with their negativity. They are unhappy, they are against the system, against Steemit. We all know the problems on Steemit, but complaining isn’t the right thing to do. If you are a minnow, think twice before accusing the whales or dolphins.
Why you're not upvoting my post, you can see it is qualitative?
Why are you upvoting your comments?
Why you're not supporting minnows?
Why are you selling your upvotes?
Few months ago I was the one who has complained of a lot of things, saying that whales are controlling everything on Steemit. But guess what?
So it must be!
Put yourself in the place of a whale.
You are a whale. You invested your own money in Steem. Isn't clear you want to benefit following your act? Isn't clear you risked your own money investing in Steem and in the same time helping the whole platform to survive?
"When you are complaining, you're a crap magnet!" ~ T. Harv Eker
Nothing will change if you will complain, and if you do this, not only you won’t feel better, but you’ll also make others feel badly. Do you know what happens to your brain when you have a negative way of thinking?
In your brain there is a collection of synapses separated by an empty space. Every time a thought crosses your mind, synapses bond. Your brain physically changes in order to transmit an idea, so there is a big chance for a thought to repeat itself.
Imagine what happens if you’re always complaining.
If you’re a negative person, you won’t just have negative thoughts when you have a problem, but you will also have them when you’re walking peacefully in the park. This is why it’s so important to stop complaining and start being more optimistic.
Tell me if you know something better than Steemit. I am here to contradict you.
The thing is, you’re not only doing harm to yourself, but you’re hurting affecting others too. When you listen to someone who’s complaining, your brain tries to “reconstruct” what that person is feeling, and this is how bad thoughts can install in your mind.
The good news is that your brain can be remodeled, so it’s not the end of the world if you’re used to negative thinking. You can always exercise your way of thinking and bring positive thoughts into your brain and on Steemit.
Start taking care of your brain, your body, yourself and others and stop complaining. Steemit is simply beautiful if you allow yourself to see it.
And this is just the beginning...
I think it's about time you learn the difference between Steem and Steemit, AFAIK nobody invest in Steemit.
Steemit.com is a website and Steemit a company which should be considered as just another actor on the decentralized Steem blockchain.
Thank you so much for your downvotes. I know exactly what everything is. ^-^
If this is the reason you considered to downvote it's okay.
So minnows should be afraid of whales is that what your telling us? I for one don't care about the money so go ahead and waste your power if you want!
You should't be afraid of whales if you're ethical.
This comment has received a 20.00 % upvote from @fredrikaa thanks to: @safetony.
The choice of post-promoters used may have also played a role in the down-votes received.
Would you downvote me just because I used a bot to attract the attention on this post just because I am tired of complainings?
Come on, we all know the bots are not profitable at all so I am not abusing at all.
Nope, I wouldn't.
But then again, @transisto may have other reasons. I'm just speculating.
Some bots allow their services even after 3 days of the post pass. Stay away from using those as, the Steemit community doesn't take kindly to them.
They promote abusing bot votes at the eleventh hour so that the post doesn't reach Trending and goes unnoticed, while making profits on a shit post.
Not implying yours is one or you abused it.
Maybe you used those blacklisted bots?
I want to be clear. As I said everyone has the right to do everything, to upvote or to downvote.
The thing I don't like is a downvote without a good reason.
Cheers. Case closed for me
I guess people start to have a closer look at articles that are boosted with a long list if bidbots. So some might use their downvotes in order to balance rewards then. It's the price you pay for the high exposure on the trending page :-) The more attention, the more observation.
Looks like 75% of the upvotes of your article were paid, so that makes it a bit vulnerable (source: steemworld.org), and that may also be the reason why you received 3 x 100% downvotes. But I'm just guessing :-)
Yes, you might be right! I am just tired of complainings and I wanted to attract a lot of people here.
I hope it is clear I am not abusing using these bots, I was in loss anyway, even without those downvotes.
I am worried that minnows with qualitative posts have no place in trending. I will keep paying these bots, losing my SBD, just to see if there will be any other downvotes without any ethical reason!
Thank you for your comment!
You're right, he could've cleared it up.
Cheers!
That's why I am on this post, @benjojo downvoted me twice and I want to know why
Maybe he didn't agree with some of your ideas. After some more time on Steemit you will start appreciating people like him.
He downvoted me too & I realised why. I didn't know him before but I read a lot of his comments, maybe you should do the same.
Good luck!
It is actually high time that authors here start using the words Steem and Steemit correctly. It's not like it's difficult to learn the difference, and it will be really useful if everyone wrote Steem when they actually mean Steem, because there will only be more and more alternatives to Steemit in the future.
I just edited my post.
That's great. We should all be a bit more aware of this :) Right now I bet like 80 %+ of the community uses Steemit when they actually means Steem, which can be really confusing, especially when new members join from other apps such as DTube, Zappl, Busy.org or any other non-Steemit app.
I only realized YESTERDAY, that it's not "Steemit-witnesses" but "Steem-witnesses". What a shame! >.< Finally I understand what's going on here and start relaxing. :-)
Think positive and you will atract positive things in your life.. you have nothing good to say in most cases it is then better to say nothing at all..
thanks for the clarification , this has said it all
Sadly you have no idea what you are talking about. The genesis of this platform did NOT require the biggest whales to directly invest anything. A significant proportion of the whales simply use the Steem protocol to award themselves tokens at the expense of the rest of the community. Steem was founded upon an idea, incentivising the creation of valuable content, operating as a decentralised token distribution mechanism. In these regards Steem is presently failing.....for enough people that it should matter. Holding whales and practices that harm the purpose and future value of Steem is extremely important and a matter the entire community should be concerned with. Some complaints will be because accounts aren't getting what they want, their own greed is not being statisfied, however some complaints are entirely appropriate and perhaps the only way Steem becomes better, works better for more people and ultimately the only way it will survive. Do you not realise that many whales have already concluded that Steem's failure is very likely? Do you not think that many whales see only the opportunity to extract as much wealth as possible to then utilise elsewhere? Please don't denigrate those who stand against the abuse, the sickness at Steem's core. It's easy to succumb to the pressure to just go along. That is the heart of the present fianacial system, you know, the one that leads to theft, war, famine and the rest of it.
Exactly. I can't understand how someone would defend the whales, when the core values of the Steem platform are being corroded. This platform wasn't supposed to be about greed and control by whales. It was supposed to be for anyone who wanted to build this community. There are many valid complaints about the Steem platform. I'm hopeful that EOS will be able to solve some of the problems that Steem has suffered from.
And yet..... You defend the whale haejln and the greed that he exhibits. It seems as though you are biased or confused.
Or because bernie is a vulgar jerk then you group anyone that flags haejln with bernie. Bernie does not represent @fulltimegeek or 99/100 of us that protest haejln's greed.
Fulltimegeek is not greedy, but extremely generous. For 3 months he delegated out 300,000 SP to 25+ steemit users to do good with it. If you need an example, look at @goldendawne she showed such generosity and helped thousands with her delegation as a steward of gondor. She continues to do this good work even without the delegation.
Fulltimegeek's example could have been followed by Haejln to share the love that Ranch0relax0 showered upon Haejln. But Haejln only sold all of his 'profits' and uovoted himself 95% to earn more and more. He did nothing to try and make Steem or Steemit a better place.
Peace
OK, maybe I have mistakenly lumped everyone flagging Haejin together under the bernie flag. I just can't wrap my head around why people continue to hate on Haejin, however. His content is the reason many people even bother to use Steemit.
My bottom line is that Haejin can do whatever he wants with his money because he's actually generating useful content- whether or not people agree with his analysis, I've actually learned a great deal from him. I was following him months ago, and I became more involved in Steemit because of his work (I would start to read more and follow others). I don't think he's hurting the platform, because he is generating actual content and has many followers. The whales I have a problem with are simply putting together bots that automatically downvote people- regardless of the care and effort these people put into the content they created.
So, I guess my stance comes down to those creating actual content (which is great), compared to those just spreading downvotes, hate, bots, and terrible memes (not good). Perhaps I'm biased, perhaps I'm confused, but I'm open-minded enough to admit my faults. I will also admit I'm not an expert on Steemit's platform, I'm just a simple user who has found the Steemit platform to be frustrating at times.
I can understand why I may come across as inconsistent in my views. Hopefully this clarifies where I stand. Peace!
I appreciate your response, it does help in understanding where you are coming from.
"I don't think he's hurting the platform, because he is generating actual content and has many followers."
Truly if he gets these users to invest in Steem and power up then he is contributing. But it is also a numbers game. There is only 49000 Steem generated daily and Haejln is working the system to get >3% of that. If 33 other whales produced 'good' content and did the same then the rewards for everyone would go down, down, down until everyone was getting nothing.
Haejln could be less greedy and still get rich by just posting all his TA into 3 or 4 posts everyday. $300 of each post comes from his self vote and ONE whale vote that he probably bought.
Haejln could be happily doing his thing, earning $100,000/year on Steemit posting 3 times a day at $300/Post.
But he refuses to work with the Steemit community. But he REFUSES. He is only satisfied with earning $1 MILLION/year even if it means destroying Steemit and allowing his Followers to get ruined in the process.
What is that? It is greed and avarice.
Any normal person would have said "ok, I will listen to the community. I will accept $500 or $1000 each day. No need for me to be greedy."
Now, let me be clear, if all of Haejln's rewards were coming from 10,000 honest users and not 95% from one dirty whale, then no one would be upset. That would be amazing and honest community support.
However, 95% of Haejln's rewards are coming from ONE whale. One whale that was bought. It is the same as 100% self voting. 100% self voting is not permitted and will get you flagged.
To me, this is pure greed on Haejln's part. He can stop the flagging anytime he wants. Instead he lets his Followers get hurt and still he cries that he will "go private" so that the followers feel sorry for him.
He can stop the flags anytime. He can post 3-4 times a day, earn $300+ per post. Be rich and happy. But that is not enough. He wants MORE.
I dont know what more to say.
Fair enough. I will say that his posts are simply about making money ("massive profits"), so I have a hard time saying that he should limit his postings. I happen to read them all. He's covering several coins each day. Wouldn't it make more sense for others to copy his model, have over 25k followers, and post several times a day? So, I guess I respectfully disagree with your point. I also don't know what more to say, but I definitely appreciate your comments. Best of luck to you!
I agree .... constructive criticism must be there!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@richatvns/part1-why-steemit-is-going-to-fail-if-these-issues-are-not-addressed-quickly-and-what-we-can-do-to-prevent-it
Speaking as a newcomer, I'm surprised how only your comment and one or two others take a critical thinking approach to this post. Good on you!
I hope this platform isn't full of people trying to ingratiate themselves in order to get points, that would get pretty boring and dysfunctional.
oh but it just needs a small percentage doing that and it will bring the site down!
I will be addressing the issue in part 2 of this set of blogs!
https://steemit.com/steemit/@richatvns/part1-why-steemit-is-going-to-fail-if-these-issues-are-not-addressed-quickly-and-what-we-can-do-to-prevent-it
That's definetely a problem here. There is almost no critical thinking here because most people are biased and afraid that if they say something wrong they will get flagged or downvoted by someone with alot of SP.
But you can easily weed out the fake positivism from people if you stick here long enough.
This is why any form of down-voting destroys free expression and the fluid discourse that allows for true evolution. It's even worse on Steemit because the weight of votes varies -whales vs. minnows- and there is money at stake, and we all know that for all intents and purposes money is 90%~ of everything in this world. I have decided just to speak my mind. I'm not here for the money. Still, it would be good if down-voting disappeared because at best it leads to the tyranny of the majority... and yes it tends towards blind positivism and extensive self-censorship. Not healthy for a public forum.
We are talking about different whales. I said already, we all know the problems here.
And I know exactly what I am talking about. You have to admit whales are controlling everything even the price of Steem. Try to remove all the whales from Steemit and if the price of Steem will be over $0.1 you're a genious.
but after that $0.1 free to go $1000 in no time.
Where can I get more info about that?
I agree with you so much! every day we get people just complaining and moaning! They come to steemit, dont want to do any work and then just complain that they are not being noticed! It took us years to get our reputation, and we still have to work hard! I spent 16 hours a day on steemit first 3 months! Love it and well said! :) whats worse as well, some people try and bring you down by writing articles how unfair it is that you get paid this and that! I love steemit because its still not that negative, but there is some !
This is so true, why stay and complain. I spend hours on steemit trying to understand and learn the platform. I guess it's about quick money for them so when they don't get the quick money then they complain that it's unfair. Where else can you go and put your content out and get paid for it? All the other platforms you have to pay to put your content out. I love steemit and will do what I have to do give to the community and then get some love back.
There is nothing better than Steemit. I mean even Facebook's Mark Z has seen this and wants to translate Facebook as such with some of his recent post. Imagine if modern social media route. Even then it would be us calling the world "normies" Lol Even if they don't take that approach it's still good to link this blog to your website when doing something like making music. In effort of getting paid 2 post I resteem up to 5 tunes from my "boombox" tag each day
I am glad you understood the message!
Well said and negative people are out there and I feel sorry for them. The danger is that they are wiring there brain to get pleasure from being negative. I want my brain wired to get pleasure from gratitude and being positive.
Thank you
dubloon135
You have highlighted good point that people have invested heavily in steem platform specially whales and they are doing great for steem ecosystem whether it is voting bot or other services. I have started to get the feeling of dolphin since I stepped in 60s reputation. This is just the start of good things and much more is yet to come.
You have highlighted good point that people have invested heavily in steem platform specially whales and they are doing great for steem ecosystem whether it is voting bot or other services. I have started to get the feeling of dolphin since I stepped in 60s reputation. This is just the start of good things and much more is yet to come.
only 30 levels to go then minnow is rough i dont make any money not even from whale bots. one assumes most negativity comes from everyone at the bottom of the ladder.
Keep struggling. It took me 10 hours daily in the first 3 months to have these results.
It's so good that your talking about this because I believe your voice is likely to be heard. I know others have talked about this in the past, but I don't see this being taken as seriously as I would like it to be.
thanks a lot mate for the encouragement where you posting for 10 hours? i just do not know how to make myself seen? thanks again =] do you know any good active discords?
I can def relate! Feels good to have a rep above 60, love the platform, and glad to see there is something new everyday getting worked on. As for the complaining, no matter what, people will find to complain, even when they think there shit dont stink, hopefully you get what I am putting down! lol @cryptokraze @jwolf
Good luck!
Thank you for your comment!
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Great post @jwolf for me it's work, work, work i love steem , i love steem, i love steem, work, work, work no other coin can compare to Steem, it's platform, it's ROI, it's community love and involvement. Right now at this moment this is the RIGHT place to be no doubt about it. When you love what your doing it's not work it's fun :))
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My feelings on this are a little mixed. For the most part I agree: I'm tired of the tirades of complaints and verbal garbage thrown at the platform, @ned, and Steemit Inc.
On the other hand, I think it's important to acknowledge constructive criticism, always keeping in mind the ways that the platform could be better while taking a measured, optimistic view. So neither complacent nor negative.
Steemit is not a religion. Steemit social warriors want to silence criticism. Let all voices be heard. The best way to use critical thinking is to hear opposing opinions.
Steemit is going to change the social media world. I am so excited to see how everything unfolds in 2018 with mainstream adoption on its way :D
We Live in Exciting Times Steemians!!
Just do your own thing, post, comment and upvote on things you like. Yeah most of the money and the power is with the big whales but as long as you enjoy the community and post stuff you care about I don't see why there's any reason to be negative.
Plenty of people have grown accounts on here without investing anything and it's still early days for this platform. By being one of the early people in any smaller niche on here one could be massively profitable in the future as more and more people come over from other social media.
I guess people just see the big numbers on the trending page and get angry if they can't score big from day one...
Agree, but we need each other's upvote to grow up
Yeah, that's why I spend most of my time on Steemit upvoting and commenting on other peopel's post at the moment. I'll put more time into content of my own once I have a bit more steem power and a few followers.
Exactly why I made the decision to invest my own money into the platform so I can control my own destiny. If you are trying to do this thing without investing your own money, you won't get very far from my experience.